east face, Sierra de la Cicuta, El Escorial: Albian, Argentina
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Barcinosuchus gradilis n. gen., n. sp.
Leardi and Pol 2009
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1 individual | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Argentina | State/province: | Chubut |
| Coordinates: | 34.1° South, 68.6° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 30.7° South, 28.9° West (Wright 2013) | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Albian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 4 |
| Key time interval: | Albian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 113.2 - 100.5 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Chubut | Formation: | Cerro Barcino | Member: | Cerro Castaño |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: lower part of member
Krause et al. 2020: Cerro Castaño Member dates to approx. 110.8Ma to 101.6Ma based on U-Pb dating. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (float),surface (in situ),field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 94608 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
| Modifier: | G. Varnham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-03-04 13:44:15 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-03-04 13:44:15 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 32218. | ETE | J. M. Leardi and D. Pol. 2009. The first crocodyliform from the Chubut Group (Chubut Province, Argentina) and its phylogenetic position within basal Mesoeucrocodylia. Cretaceous Research 30:1376-1386 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 79276 | J. M. Krause, J. Ramezani, A. M. Umazano, D. Pol, J. L. Carballido, J. P. Sterli Puerta, N. R. Cúneo and E. S. Bellosi. 2020. High-resolution chronostratigraphy of the Cerro Barcino Formation (Patagonia): Paleobiologic implications for the mid-cretaceous dinosaur- rich fauna of South America. Gondwana Research 80:33-49 [P. Mannion/G. Varnham/G. Varnham] |